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electrotherapeutics

[ ih-lek-troh-ther-uh-pyoo-tiks ]

noun

, (used with a singular verb)
  1. therapeutics therapeutics based on the curative effects of electricity.


electrotherapeutics

/ ɪˌlɛktrəʊˌθɛrəˈpjuːtɪks /

noun

  1. functioning as singular the branch of medical science concerned with the use of electrotherapy
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • eˌlectroˌtheraˈpeutic, adjective
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Other Words From

  • e·lectro·thera·peutic e·lectro·thera·peuti·cal adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of electrotherapeutics1

First recorded in 1885–90; electro- + therapeutics
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Example Sentences

ELECTROTHERAPEUTICS, a general term for the use of electricity in therapeutics, i.e. in the alleviation and cure of disease.

For radiant heat and light baths and electric baths of all kinds, see Electrotherapeutics; and for compressed air baths, Aerotherapeutics.

By the time she has completed a course of treatment she has tasted all the drugs in the pharmacopeia, wears plates on her feet, spectacles on her nose, has had her teeth tinkered with, and her insides straightened; has had a course in hydrotherapeutics, electrotherapeutics, osteopathy, and Christian Science!

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